Lesotho vs Nigeria: Life expectancy at birth, female
Lesotho
60.44 years
in 2024
Nigeria
54.94 years
in 2024
Lesotho rank
212th
Nigeria rank
215th
Life expectancy at birth, female over time
- Lesotho
- Nigeria
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 60.44 years against 54.94 years in Nigeria, a difference of 5.5 years.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lesotho ahead.
Globally, Lesotho ranks 212th and Nigeria ranks 215th of 215 countries.
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About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.